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The Washburn women's basketball team outscored Oklahoma Baptist 14-2 in overtime to capture a 62-50 victory on Saturday afternoon, with the Ichabods evening their record at 1-1.
Washburn opened the game with 10 unanswered points and closed out the first quarter with a 12-2 lead. The Ichabods ended the first half on a 7-2 run and took a 24-16 advantage into halftime.
The Bison (0-2) started to chip away at the deficit making four 3-pointers in the third quarter to trim Washburn's lead to 37-35 heading into the fourth frame.
Lauren Cassaday made a layup with 8:28 left in regulation to start a 7-0 Ichabod scoring run over the next three minutes of play. With 3:44 on the clock, Oklahoma Baptist responded with a 6-0 run of its own to pull within three, 46-43.
With just one second on the clock, OBU's Jaylin Stapleton hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 48-all. The Ichabods in-bounded the ball and found MackenzieGamble, but her buzzer-beating shot attempt bounced around the rim and off to the side as time expired.
Hunter Bentley
The Bison scored the first points of overtime on a layup, but that would be the only points they scored in extra time as Hunter Bentley responded with seven points in a row with a three-pointer, a fast break layup and free throws.
KatieGlatczak scored the final points of the afternoon with a 3-pointer with just over a minute left in OT.
The Ichabods shot 37.5 percent from the field while the Bison finished with a 27.6 clip. Washburn went 9 for 24 from 3-point range and Oklahoma Baptist was 8 for 18. The Ichabods won the battle on the boards, 45-40. Washburn also forced 20 turnovers and turned that into 17 points.
Bentley was 7 for 11 from the field and hit three triples to finish with a team-high 20 points. Gamble was 5 for 10 from behind the arc and had 17 points. Abby Oliver played 40 minutes and grabbed 13 rebounds to go with her nine points, three steals and two blocks.
Mallory Lockhart hit seven of Oklahoma Baptist's eight three-pointers, finishing the game 7 for 13 from deep to lead the team with 21 points.
The Ichabods will play their home opener on Wednesday, Nov. 17 against Benedictine College.
AUGUSTANA MEN 72, WASHBURN 58
The Augustana Vikings jumped out to a 22-8 lead 9:20 into the game and never looked back as they handed the Ichabod their first loss of the season in a 72-58 loss.
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The 2013 season was the last time Washburn University volleyball claimed part of the MIAA regular season championship.
A victory for the No. 2 Ichabods would change that as they faced No. 5 Northwest Missouri State. With Senior Night on deck the anticipation was high, which made the result harder to swallow even with a record-breaking performance.
“They rolled us, you saw it, they served us off the floor,” said WU coach Chris Herron. “It wasn’t a good night for us.”
For the first time all season the Ichabods fell without taking a set, losing 17-25, 18-25, and 16-25. The loss moved them to 17-3 in conference play, tied for second, while senior libero Faith Rottinghaus moved up to first place all alone among Washburn’s career digs leaders, with 2,480.
“She is awesome, she is so good, to be honest with you whatever kind of player she is, she is that type of student-athlete, she is that type of person,'' Herron said. "I don’t have anything but glorious things to say about that young lady.''
Former Shawnee Heights star Faith Rottinghaus, with her family during Senior Night ceremonies, became Washburn's career digs leader Saturday. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]]
The first set was as intense as expected, as each side traded blows through the middle stages of the set. The offense from Northwest Missouri became too much for the Ichabods to handle, as the Bearcats hit .341 in the set. The loss set was still historic as Rottinghaus recorded 11 digs to officially set the record.
“Honestly, I didn’t even know, like I had an idea that I was close but I didn’t know how close so I didn’t know it was going to come tonight so it was bittersweet,” Rottinghaus said. “It’s still an accomplishment that I should be proud of and hopefully after all this emotion settles down I will be.”
Washburn got off to a fast start in the second set, leading 5-2 but it quickly dissipated as the Ichabods offense started to struggle. Northwest Missouri took the lead at 6-5 and did not look back, holding Washburn to an .071 attack percentage in the set as a team.
“When you don’t service you can’t run an offense, so when you are hitting under .100 who are you going to beat? No one,” Herron said.
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Cair Paravel Latin football coach Doug Bonura said he never set a goal for his Lions to post a perfect 2021 season.
He didn't have to because the Lions did it for him.
"I didn't set that as a goal but these guys actually did,'' Bonura said earlier in the week. "Last spring they said, 'Hey, we're going to go undefeated.'
"That has been something that's been in their mind that that's what they wanted to do.''
Cair Paravel achieved that lofty objective Saturday afternoon at Highland Park, capping an 11-0 campaign with a 64-16 win over St. Mary's Academy in the Kansas Christian Athletic Association state championship game.
Registering their second win of the season over 7-2 St. Mary's, a perennial KCAA power, Cair Paravel jumped out in front 16-0 in the first quarter and led by a 30-8 margin at halftime.
The Lions scored 22 third-quarter points to take a 52-8 advantage over the Crusaders and Cair Paravel outscored St. Mary's 12-8 in the early stages of the fourth quarter to end the game by way of the 45-point spread rule.
Cair Paravel seniors Noah Hastert (left), Carter Brian and Max Colombo hoist the KCAA championship trophy after Saturday's 64-16 win over St. Mary's Academy. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Star senior quarterback Carter Brian completed 30 of 45 pass attempts for 336 yards and three touchdowns and he had a hand in six touchdowns overall, carrying the ball 15 times for 31 yards and three touchdowns.
Sophomore Jesiah Bonura scored three Lion touchdowns on the day, carrying the ball six times for 34 yards and two scores and catching six passes for 57 yards and a TD.
Cair Paravel Latin junior Jachin Bonura caught 13 passes for 176 yards and a TD and had six tackles and an interception in Saturday's 64-16 over St. Mary's Academy. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Jachin Bonura had a huge day for Cair Paravel, including 13 pass receptions for 176 yards and a touchdown. He also was in on a team-high six tackles for the Lions and had one of Cair Paravel's five interceptions.
Senior Noah Hastert caught five passes for 51 yards and a TD and also intercepted a pass.
Sophomore Evan Will had five tackles and a pass interception while Simon Everhart picked off a pair of passes.
Brian finished the season with 2,515 passing yards and 51 touchdown passes while Hastert caught 46 passes for 921 yards and 22 TDs.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 64, ST. MARY'S ACADEMY 16
St. Mary's Academy (7-2) 0 8 0 8 -- 16
Cair Paravel Latin (11-0) 16 14 22 12 -- 64
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It seemed unanimous around CJ Hamilton Field that Silver Lake played its best football against Wellsville Friday night, with players, coaches and fans respecting the Eagles and how good of a squad they are after the Eagles advanced to next Friday's Class 2A semifinals round with a 33-27 victory.
“This was one of the best victories I’ve seen in a long time,'' Silver Lake assistant coach Loren Ziegler said. "Wellsville is good. They are good in every phase of the game. They have a great line, great backs and a great quarterback. They were 10-0 for a reason.
“We played solid football for all four quarters. We played great offense and our defense was able to get some key stops.''
Going into Friday night, Wellsville’s defense had only allowed 6.4 points a game. Defensive end Kaleb Green went into the contest with 11.5 sacks and Wellville’s linebacking core and defensive front have made opposing offenses uncomfortable throughout the entirety of the 2021 season. The Wellsville defense was going to impose a challenge Silver Lake hasn’t seen all year long. How would Silver Lake take advantage of a defense with seemingly no weaknesses?
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Silver Lake quarterback Daigan Kruger helped lead the Eagles to a 33-27 Class 2A playoff win over previoiusly-unbeaten Wellsville Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
It started with the passing game. In the Pioneer League (where Wellsville plays), teams do not pass as effectively and as often as Silver Lake does and Eagle quarterback Daigan Kruger was able to spread the ball out from sideline to sideline to five different receivers and put Wellsville in tough situations.
In the first half, fans got a true glimpse of Wellsville’s defensive front. Dez Winton muffed the opening kickoff and allowed Silver Lake to recover the football at the Wellsville 21-yard line.
Silver Lake was not able to move the ball far enough in the red zone, however, and Wellsville forced a four and out. At this point, Silver Lake knew that to win this game, its defense was going to have to be as powerful as Wellsville’s.
Silver Lake’s defense answered the ball in a big way in the first half, containing Eagles star running back Nash Money. Money came into Friday night’s contest with 1,497 yards rushing, 29 touchdowns and averaging 8 yards a carry. He was only able to put together 35 total yards in the first half due to outstanding blitzes by the Lake linebacking corps.
Silver Lake’s defense led the Eagles to a 13-6 lead going into the half, holding Wellsville’s offense to 73 total yards.
Silver Lake senior Brogan Renfro tries to pick up extra yardage in the Eagles' 33-27 Class 2A playoff win over Wellsville Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The second half wasn’t as defensive-heavy as the first. Silver Lake would make a powerful statement by scoring a rushing touchdown by Brogan Renfro on the opening drive of the third quarter.
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ROSSVILLE -- Rossville senior star Torrey Horak was feeling really good Friday night, which was really bad for Riverton.
Coming off a shoulder injury Horak entered the game at quarterback late in the first half and immediately gave the Bulldawgs a lift on the way to a 56-14 romp past the Rams in a Class 2A quarterfinal.
"I feel good, I feel really good,'' said Horak, who saw his first action at quarterback in four games after being injured in Week 7 against Silver Lake. "Coach (Derick) Hammes and I had talked that I wasn't going to play much quarterback this week and then he goes, 'Hey Torrey, you're at quarterback.'
"The first play was a pass play and I think I had a little bit of jitters and then kind of settled in after that and we started playing really well.''
Horak immediately led Rossville on a scoring drive to open up a 21-6 halftime lead and the Bulldawgs outscored the Rams 35-8 in the second half to turn the game into a rout.
Corey Catron scored four touchdowns in Rossville's 56-14 Class 2A playoff romp past Riverton Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Horak's return at quarterback allowed senior Corey Catron to return to his natural position at running back and Catron scored four touchdowns to lead the Bulldawgs to their 11th straight win this season and 24th overall.
"It was really hard (being out), but we had all the trust in the world in Corey,'' Horak said. "Obviously he got us to this point and has played really well and he's finally back in his element where he can really shine. He played real well.''
